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Mashup Score: 2About The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology - 3 hour(s) ago
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Mashup Score: 91Ending plastic pollution: an opportunity for health - 3 hour(s) ago
In the far future, when the human species is extinct and every ruin has long since crumbled, the last remaining sign of our civilisations might well be a distinct layer of plastics in the geological strata. The Anthropocene can be defined by plastic: cheap, convenient, incredibly durable, and endlessly adaptable, it is a wonder material. There is much good that comes from plastic. 21st century medicine would be unimaginable without it: from intravenous tubes to gowns; syringes to catheters. Plastics have become integral to modern life.
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Read the current issue of The Lancet Global Health, a monthly open access journal publishing robustly designed original research on all aspects of global health
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Over the coming decades, Africa is predicted to have the greatest increase in the number of older people worldwide. Older people in this region spend longer living with disability and dependence than do those in high-income settings, affecting individuals, families, communities, and health-care systems in some of the most resource-poor countries. In addition to shifting demographics, rapid urbanisation, double and triple burdens of malnutrition (the co-existence of two or three of overweight or obesity, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiency), changing physical activity patterns and workplace environments, and climate change contribute to the growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases.
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Mashup Score: 1Inflation and health: a global scoping review - 3 hour(s) ago
High levels of economic inflation can adversely affect societies and individuals in many ways. Although numerous studies explore the health implications of macroeconomic factors, systematic investigation of the inflation–health nexus has been scarce. We conducted a comprehensive scoping review mapping the literature on inflation and health. From 8923 screened records, 69 empirical studies were analysed. These studies explored a wide range of health-related risk factors (eg, diet, substance use, stress, and violence) and outcomes (eg, life expectancy, mortality, suicidal behaviour, and mental health) linked to inflation, across diverse contexts and timeframes.
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Mashup Score: 143Ending plastic pollution: an opportunity for health - 4 hour(s) ago
In the far future, when the human species is extinct and every ruin has long since crumbled, the last remaining sign of our civilisations might well be a distinct layer of plastics in the geological strata. The Anthropocene can be defined by plastic: cheap, convenient, incredibly durable, and endlessly adaptable, it is a wonder material. There is much good that comes from plastic. 21st century medicine would be unimaginable without it: from intravenous tubes to gowns; syringes to catheters. Plastics have become integral to modern life.
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Mashup Score: 3Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 - 5 hour(s) ago
Globally, life expectancy and age-standardised disease burden were forecasted to improve between 2022 and 2050, with the majority of the burden continuing to shift from CMNNs to NCDs. That said, continued progress on reducing the CMNN disease burden will be dependent on maintaining investment in and policy emphasis on CMNN disease prevention and treatment. Mostly due to growth and ageing of populations, the number of deaths and DALYs due to all causes combined will generally increase. By constructing alternative future scenarios wherein certain risk exposures are eliminated by 2050, we have shown that opportunities exist to substantially improve health outcomes in the future through concerted efforts to prevent exposure to well established risk factors and to expand access to key health interventions.
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Fertility is declining globally, with rates in more than half of all countries and territories in 2021 below replacement level. Trends since 2000 show considerable heterogeneity in the steepness of declines, and only a small number of countries experienced even a slight fertility rebound after their lowest observed rate, with none reaching replacement level. Additionally, the distribution of livebirths across the globe is shifting, with a greater proportion occurring in the lowest-income countries.
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Mashup Score: 13Offline: Indifference—the biggest threat to global health - 6 hour(s) ago
The science of global health offers reasons for great confidence about the future for human wellbeing. Implementation of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine into routine immunisation programmes is predicted to have a significant impact on child mortality. Studies suggest that hospital admissions among children with severe malaria will be cut by up to a third. A second malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, is already licensed in several African countries. It has even higher protective efficacy: over 75%. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV is on the verge of being eliminated.
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Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGLs) release catecholamines leading to catecholamine-induced hypertensive (CIH) crises, with blood pressure greater than or equal to 180/120 mm Hg. CIH crises can be complicated by tachyarrhythmias, hypotension, or life-threatening target organ damage while treatment remains undefined, often requiring co-management between endocrinologists and cardiologists. Furthermore, biochemical diagnosis of a PPGL as a cause of a CIH crisis can be difficult to identify or confounded by comorbid conditions, potentially resulting in misdiagnosis.
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